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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/os.erl7
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl17
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/os.erl b/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
index 75a11a8afd..ce8c581e08 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/os.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ verify_executable(Name0, [Ext|Rest], OrigExtensions) ->
end;
_ ->
case file:read_file_info(Name1) of
- {ok, #file_info{mode=Mode}} when Mode band 8#111 =/= 0 ->
- %% XXX This test for execution permission is not full-proof
+ {ok, #file_info{type=regular,mode=Mode}}
+ when Mode band 8#111 =/= 0 ->
+ %% XXX This test for execution permission is not fool-proof
%% on Unix, since we test if any execution bit is set.
{ok, Name1};
_ ->
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
index ecb9a111f6..b08b12c978 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/os_SUITE.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -175,6 +175,21 @@ find_executable(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
?line find_exe(Current, "my_batch", ".bat", Path),
ok;
{unix, _} ->
+ DataDir = ?config(data_dir, Config),
+
+ %% Smoke test.
+ case lib:progname() of
+ erl ->
+ ?line ErlPath = os:find_executable("erl"),
+ ?line true = is_list(ErlPath),
+ ?line true = filelib:is_regular(ErlPath);
+ _ ->
+ %% Don't bother -- the progname could include options.
+ ok
+ end,
+
+ %% Never return a directory name.
+ ?line false = os:find_executable("unix", [DataDir]),
ok;
vxworks ->
ok